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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 30, Issue 7, Pages 730-733Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112469273
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nutritional support; terminally ill patients with cancer; palliative care unit
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The role of nutritional support on terminally ill patients with cancer in a palliative care unit has not been clarified. A total of 63 patients were retrospectively investigated; the patients receiving individualized nutritional support (intervention group [n = 22]) were compared to the others (control group [n = 41]). The intervention group received individualized nutritional support. There were no significant differences in the characteristics of patients between the groups. The prevalence of bedsores was significantly lower in the intervention group (14% vs 46%, P = .012). The prevalence of edema and the use of antibiotic therapies tended to be lower in the intervention group than in the control group (36% vs 54%, P = .19; 14% vs 27%, P = .34, respectively). Some terminally ill patients with cancer in a palliative care unit might benefit from nutritional support.
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